- Maker
- Fitch, Julia Ann (age 14)
- Date made
- 1807
- Origin
- Hatfield, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Stem, French knot, Satin.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 13 circles surround an inner scene of woman seated in a gazebo, she holds an infant in her arms, another woman holding a parasol is walking toward the R. A third woman sits beneath a tall tree, a young child at her side. At the bottom L a tree and bottom R a three story house with two chimneys, a man standing beneath a tree. Entire background, excluding the inner part of the circles, is filled.
- Inscription
- (Starting at the 11:00 circle and going clockwise): (1) John F. Fitch / Born Feb 7 / 1766. / Married Feb / 4 1788 / (2) Lucy Fitch / Born June / 2 . 1770 / (3) Augustus . Fitch Born / (4) Editha Fitch/ Born June / (5) Electa Fitch / Born Dec./ 28 1788 / (6) Julia ann / Fitch Born / April 7 1793 / (7) Aurella Fitch / Born Jan 19 / 1798 (8) Independence / Declared July / 4 1776 / (9) Julia-ann / Fitch Hatfield / July 2 1807 / (10) George / Washington / Esqr. Born / Feb 22 1732 / Died Dec / 14 1799 / (11) Mary M / Fitch Born / Sept 3 1803 / (12) Augustus / Fitch Born Oct 30 1798 / (13) John Fitch / Born Dec 25 / Died Dec 26 / 1790 //
- Length Without Frame
- 18"
- Width Without Frame
- 15 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- 2010.466 Purchase, William Cullen Bryant Fellows Gift
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
